my snacks are often sort of shameful

jalapeno cheetos
starbucks bottled mocha frappuccino

Indian buffet lunch.

Reconstructing the week so far

Monday--

postage for a box at the USPS

Green Dragon
2 hot toddies
buffalo meatballs
onion rings

movie tickets to Synecdoche, New York
cup of Good Earth tea


Sometime: coffee, ice cream, vitamin water and club soda at plaid pantry



Tuesday--

Dinner at Screen door
Hurricanes
glass of red wine
hot toddy
fried oysters
screen door plate with catfish grits and beet salad
jambalaya
pecan pie
coffee

Drinks at Chopsticks
hurricane
manhattan
something with cream and amaretto
2 hot toddies

I've got a bit of a cold and although I enjoyed the hot buttered rum, it sounds a little fattening, so I tried a hot toddy and liked it enough, even though bourbon does remind me a bit of too much Jack Daniels in high school with Mike Macdonald. I must, I've had 5 in one week.

I'm not going to include utility bills, mortgage and HOA fees here. Let's assume that I'm paying those recurring expenses monthy.

before in SF

at Maggie Mudd

mint chocolate chip ice cream cone
chocolate something sundae

at SFO

dragonfruit vitamin water
croissant egg sandwich
side of bacon

home after xhristmas vacation

haircut for Henry

at whole foods--
2 pieces of tuna
lemon
eggs
baking chocolate
sugar
lettuce
tomato
cucumber

From last wednesday

at fred meyer

corn chips
turkey
corned beef
cheese
carrs whole wheat and sesame poppy seed crackers
sourdough rolls
champagne
salt and vinegar potato chips
grapefruit


at the airport

us magazine
laurelwood beer 2 1/2 pints
coke, sprite
chicken strips
pastrami sandwich

Day after Xhristmas Sales

a dress that people say looks like a bathrobe
a black tank top
a black short sleeved top
a pair of black pants (it was buy 3 get the 4th free so the pants were free)

a black and silver ring

a Motherwood comb that my dad says is a fake

at the movies I bought popcorn and a butterfinger ice cream bar

mcdonald's caramel iced coffee
movie tickets for Slumdog Millionaire, medium popcorn no butter flavoring
$5 for arcade tokens

Cherry Fruitcake

Several days ago, I bought a cherry fruitcake from my former colleague Jean Paye.

I'm having a piece for breakfast right now.

just now walking with Henry

soda: hansens kiwi strawberry
virgils cream
hot lips apple
100% cocoa bar
egg noodles
soft and hard cheese
no parsnip
4 large portobello mushrooms
5 potatos
applesauce
sour cream
two hot turkey sausages
two new york strip steaks
burts bees lip gloss
3 bagels

authors note

these entries are usually posted the day after the purchase and often in reverse order as I think through the day

waiting at the bus stop and airport

two bags of honest popcorn, one spicy and one white cheddar

gave Nick money and he bought a beefaroni

gave Henry money he got Wendy's chicken strips

at the gypsy

one miller light
a coke
a chicken quesidilla

Zupans in the blinding snow

satsumas
a chicken
a crab
one onion
five potatos
orange juice
skim milk
dish soap
a tomato
2 gala apples
olives
bunch of carrots

with tomatos from unionized tomato workers

stop at taco bell with the boyz on the way home

3 crunchy tacos meal with sierra mist
1 nacho cheese chalupa 1 chicken baja gordita
1 steak quesadilla 1 grilled stuffed burrito

morning snow walk to whole foods

delphina's baguette
3 packs of bacon
Ben and Jerrys Cherry Garcia yogurt and organic vanilla ice cream
no lip gloss?
toothpaste
floride rinse
spinach
feta cheese
flour

stupid tax?

bail to get my car from the tow lot

wages of sin?

Exam and tests at the Westover Clinic

3 day Cipro prescription

tin of tobacco at Rich's

tofu salad and cranberry juice at Trader Joes

Monday or Tuesday I bought 10 bus tickets

Last night I bought a souvlaki plate and gyros with salad

The Melting Pot

After work I went to the Melting Pot with Lori and had some organic beer in nice tall glasses. I had what was called lobster shrimp and caviar puffs but was really cream cheese in a little puff pastry and picked up the tab for my drinks and Lori's wine. The bartender is her friend. I think his name is Bruce.

The place is sort of dungeoney and I wondered whether there would be a big snowy storm when we emerged. But instead most of the ice and snow was melted. We walked over to Clyde Common where she paid for the drinks and my apple bacon tart; and then to Touche where I didn't stay long, but which looked like a nice place.

a can of diet dr. pepper for the byob risk management holiday party

last night

tickets for Tell No One
4 pieces of pizza, a pint of beer and a coke

yesterday--lunch and little finnegans

at cafe viale 12 oz cappucino and a bag of honey dijon kettle chips

at little finnegans--

dark horse comic books--Flood, etc. can't recall titles

a history of the ancient world

toy of guy on motorcycle

Poster of women at work.

Last night by foot

NW Chicken
potatoes
yam
green beans
vanilla ice cream
lemons
satsumas

Lunch and bank

black bean and guac. burrito

$40 to friend's wamu account.

Cookie Baking etc.

Sunday

Molasses
baking powder
baking soda
flour (not enough)
sugar
brown sugar
dates
dried apricots
shredded coconut
baking chocolate
evaporated milk
oatmeal
eggs
coffee
2 big beers
salmon

Sat. coffee and beer at Stumptown

Stuff for a windy day

#18 glass noodles with tofu at the Vietnamese Restaurant Bakery

Drinking chocolate and regular hot chocolate at the chocolate place in the Heathman.

At the Burnside Fred Meyer

4 blankets for Henry's C&C adopted family--1 brown king microfiber, 1 blue full/queen down alternative, 2 white twin microfiber

lunch at the bijou cafe

oyster bacon onion omlette
grilled anise orange bread
chicken that was turkey panini
coffee and tea

From Cafe Viale

a non-fat mocha made with bittersweet chocolate and honey at the suggestion of the girl who called me a nice lady.

Last night

Elephant's baguette.

Heath Bar and Bit O Honey

Bosnian spinach thing and bambino bowl

American Spririts black pack and blue loose tobacco

Something out of order from this weekend I remembered

Dim sum at Wong's King--potstickers, shrimp dumplings, bbq pork buns.

I thought these would be things H. would like, but he did not.

Whole Foods

after personnel committee mtg. last night

butternut squash
curry powder
italian parsley
vegetable broth

Dinner for H. or bust?

From Elephants Deli--

Turkey Club
Egg Salad
Tomato Orange Soup
Kettle Chips salt and vinegar

two small dolfin chocolates for me

This is a pretty difficult blog to keep up with

On Saturday I bought my son H. a dress shirt and tie and two pairs of jeans at Nordstrom. I'm hoping to get reimbursed by his dad for the purchases. The tie, in particular, was expensive.

He asked me to help him tie the tie and I said the night of the dance he'll be with his dad who knows better how to tie ties than I do. But I see now writing this that I should have at least tried to show him how then. He's doing all these teenage things to act like he doesn't like me that I need to ignore.

Also on Sat. Whole Foods: bananas, romano chicken breast, two big beers ...did I already record this one? No. Granola bar. Granola. No coconut, but maybe I should have insisted. Rug for the front door (selected by H, looks great).

On Sunday I bought the following at Trader Joe's:

ground beef
green peppers
sweet WA onions
marinara sauce
milk
plain yogurt
6 pack Celebration Ale
4 potatoes
new zealand sharp cheddar
toilet paper
dog biscuits
satay peanut sauce
green onions
mixed cubes of squash
mixed bag of greens
leaves of romaine
raspberries
shaved parmesean
polenta
quinoa
oatmeal ginger almond soap

Three CDs (Frank Zappa, Grey Anne and Tony Bennett) and a harmonica at Music Millennium, a store I have bumper sticker for on my car. I hadn't been to the eastside, now only, branch, for a couple of years.
I opened a new account at Movie Madness; had never been there before. It looks amazing. I only went because H. wanted to watch the Odyssey to prepare for a test and Hollywood and Blockbuster didn't have it. I want to go back and find something for me to watch. Well I guess I have to, to return the dvd before Wed. night.

I went to the art fair in my neighborhood and bought a vast selection of earrings and some body butter for gifts, mostly; one of the five pairs of earrings might be mine.

A pint of Laurelwood Porter at the Laurelthirst while dancing to the Freak Mt. Ramblers. I thought it was a particularly good show, especially Little Wing.

From Powells on Hawthorne

The Temple of Gold by William Goldman

In celebration of the repeal of Prohibition--18th Amendment?

I had a happy hour cocktail last night after work called the Scoff Law at Clyde Common. The only ingredient that I remember is bitters. It had the flavor of a citrusy aperitif.

At Goodwill and Dinner

black and white striped t shirt
green capris
cream ribbed sweater
olive green t shirt
black hoodie
stiped scarf
wine rack

3 slices of pizza--Pizza Schmizza

On the way to work this morning

12 oz. non-fat latte, small greek salad--Cafe Viale

Night out and More snacks

Last night I made a donation to Orlo, an art/environmental non-profit that publishes the Bear Deluxe. I also bought myself a Bear-tini and Eliza a Bear-cosmo, but I ended up drinking both.

This morning I bought Rycrisps and cheese.

Anxious afternoon snack

One bag of chili cheese fritos

A lot of dairy products

Yesterday I bought groceries at New Seasons--

3 kinds of fancy cheese--soft cowgirl, hard goat and blue
2 biggish bottles of beer
orange juice with calcium
bacon--pork and turkey
bread with digestive promises
yogurt with fruit and grains
nancy's cottage cheese
asian pears
two kinds of apples--pippen and gala
satsumas
tomatos
cucumber
ben and jerry's vanilla ice cream
dark chocolate fudge sauce

Today I bought 3 books to give away--The Last Chinese Chef, A Separate Peace and something like the Assassin, but not the Assassin.

An artist reminded me about this blog.

Today I bought a Tazo Diet Mojito Iced Tea.